Dr. Cathie English, Professor of English at Missouri State University and formerly an English and language arts high school teacher, shares the inspiration and meaning behind penning her tribute memoir, Dear Ruth: A Book of Grief.
Dr. English's academic work has been published in Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, English Journal, The Rural Educator, The Journal of Literacy Innovation, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies, Syracuse University Press, Routledge, and IGI Global.